Re: SPAM: Re: Theft of secure information (originally: Theft of mainframe DASD)

2007-08-07 Thread R.S.
Rick Fochtman wrote: -snip- Just curious: what loss did you suffer because of that ? Wha problems did you experience ? IMHO the most likely scanrio is someone stolen a *piece of hardware* and quickly erased all data which could identify previous owner.

Re: SPAM: Re: Theft of secure information (originally: Theft of mainframe DASD)

2007-08-07 Thread daver++
From: R.S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] And it is *still possible*. I don't mean cashing money, but copying your card number. A lot of people know your card number (it is on the card!), a lot of people know your SSN, address, etc. It cannot be treated as secret data. If several entities know the

Re: SPAM: Re: Theft of secure information (originally: Theft of mainframe DASD)

2007-08-07 Thread Howard Brazee
On 7 Aug 2007 09:40:56 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: And it is *still possible*. I don't mean cashing money, but copying your card number. A lot of people know your card number (it is on the card!), a lot of people know your SSN, address, etc. It cannot be treated as secret data.

Re: SPAM: Re: Theft of secure information (originally: Theft of mainframe DASD)

2007-08-06 Thread Rick Fochtman
-snip- Just curious: what loss did you suffer because of that ? Wha problems did you experience ? IMHO the most likely scanrio is someone stolen a *piece of hardware* and quickly erased all data which could identify previous owner. Including 1 milion of